The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
Helena Rosenblatt2018

"This books challenges some of the assumptions held about liberalism and reveals the historical foundations of why it may well be, above all, an elusive tradition."---Alex Tebble, LSE Review of Books

"Rosenblatt is impressive in the scope of her reading and at her best in identifying different usages of the term liberal."---Peter Clarke, Financial Times

"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"

"[Rosenblatt] presents liberals as moralists and debunks the notion of liberalism as so exclusively an Anglo-American phenomenon."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution

"An excellent recent survey of the term."---David A. Bell, The Nation

"Lively and penetrating. . . . Rosenblatt shows that liberalism has survived thanks to its appeal as a moral ideal, a vision of political community that is based not just on interests but also on values: respect, tolerance, and justice."---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs

"Enlightening." (New York Times Book Review)